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plz give opinion on buying used 10900k or 10980xe? or go amd route?

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I am thinking of upgrading my 5960x.
i could get a 10900k for 370.-euro and would buy a circa 200.- mainboard z490 or z590 new
or a 10980xe with asus encore mainboard for 1000.-

both are a dead end on upgrading.
new one should be 10 cores minimum.
or should i go amd?

i am only upgrading every 5 years or so and would like to know what ya think.
thanks in advance
Two thoughts:
  1. You didn't specify what you need the PC for.
  2. If you only upgrade every 5 years or so, then every platform is a "dead end", as neither Intel, nor AMD tend to keep platform compatibility running that long with new releases.
 
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I recommend to wait for Intel Alder Lake or AMD Zen 4, since with new DDR5 memory, IPC improvements we will hopefully have significant performance gains.
 
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Sorry I didn't see your question :sleep:

I bought a 5900X because I am an idiot.

I mean I could probably flip it at a loss, but if she is a strong runner then I don't mind sitting on it for a couple of years..

Fingers crossed! :D
You're not an idiot. I upgraded from an Intel 7820X to a 5950X and the performance boost was pretty large. The next gen AMD series is supposed to boost by maybe 20% so your upgrade should keep you in the game for some time. The 5900X is a great CPU.
 
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I currently own 3 5950x's and 2 10850K's. I own the 5950x's strictly for WCG crunching power. They are multitasking beasts. I've not been able to slow them down at all, no matter what I throw at them. That being said, unless you are looking at tremendous multi core workloads, the 10850k and 10900k's are snappy chips and currently a much better value than most higher end Ryzen chips despite the Ryzen being better overall. I also really don't think you have to spend any more on a z590 board than you do on a 570x either. Honestly, if I was just playing with overclocking, gaming or doing general tasks I'd go Intel all day long after extensive testing on both platforms. It's also way easier to overclock memory on the z590 platform with less QVL issues if you enjoy memory overclocking like I do. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I couldn't give two f*cks whether I'm popular or not. :laugh:

For all of the people who say wait, there is ALWAYS something better coming soon. If anyone remembers when DDR3 and DDR4 were first implemented it took almost a year for them to become reasonable for the average enthusiast to move to the new platform. Given that fact, everything is still going to be a couple of years to reach that tipping point. That is like a decade in enthusiast years. :laugh: :laugh: I say get what you want and can afford now and just enjoy it. Nothing is really future proof.
 
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I just moved to DDR4 from DDR3 just before Christmas, so its still pretty good for me. I will buy into DDR5 maybe halfway into its life. This is a crazy amount of power..

I agree with the overclocking bits.. I got into Ryzen to see what the hype was about.. coming from a 3770K. My immediate thoughts were wow this is awesome :D

I do miss overclocking though. You can sort of do some clocking but.. if that's what you are into buy an Intel for sure. You get more return for your hard work it seems :)
 
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I got a 3900X from a i7-8700 to see what the Ryzen hype was about and got extremely disappointed at the temperatures. Otherwise, good CPU I guess, although it's rapidly approaching shit tier. Hope it doesn't die till 2026.
 
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As someone who LOVES the x299 platform i would say your 5960x is still fully capable and you should wait.
 
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Next gen from AMD and Intel can mine as good as GPU and BTC will be at $100k and still going up.
 
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Next gen from AMD and Intel can mine as good as GPU and BTC will be at $100k and still going up.
@OP, if you wait and cannot buy next gen due to out of stock, I may sell you my Intel and AMD system. Both are decent.
Please be careful not to violate the B/S/T guidelines of the forums, and take any offers of sale or purchase to PM, or the appropriate section of the forums.
 
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I do have most of the platforms we speak of, I always seem to be heading towards Ryzen's now just because they are the performance king's...

Regardless of which way you do go, you will not be in a bad place upgrading from a 5960X.. I still have mine and I went to a 3900X in the start of 2019 I think (I'll have to check!!) no regrets at all. But I have a hardware issue/problem (call it whatever you wish... I'm at peace with it :laugh: ) just don't look back and enjoy whatever you buy because after all, isn't that the point?? :)
 
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